lit-review-assistant

by brycewang-stanford4.6k

Communication

Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature

Install

The skill file stays in the publisher's repository.

Paste the copied command in a terminal. It installs this SKILL.md into that agent.

npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill lit-review-assistant -a cursor -y

Download skill skills/09-meleantonio-awesome-econ-ai-stuff/_skills/literature/lit-review-assistant/SKILL.md on GitHub

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How do I install lit-review-assistant?: Download skills/09-meleantonio-awesome-econ-ai-stuff/_skills/literature/lit-review-assistant/SKILL.md from the publisher, or copy the path and open the repository. PlugMCP lists the skill and does not host the file.
Where does lit-review-assistant live?: The publisher keeps it at https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Which agents can use lit-review-assistant?: Claude, Cursor, and Codex can read a SKILL.md you add from the publisher's repository.

name: lit-review-assistant description: Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature workflow_stage: literature compatibility:

claude-code
cursor
codex
gemini-cli author: Awesome Econ AI Community version: 1.0.0 tags:
literature-review
papers
citations
synthesis

Literature Review Assistant

Purpose

This skill helps economists conduct literature reviews by structuring searches, summarizing papers, and synthesizing findings. It provides templates for organizing literature and identifying research gaps.

When to Use

# Literature Review: [TOPIC] ## Search Strategy **Databases:** EconLit, NBER, Google Scholar, SSRN **Date range:** 2010-2024 **Search terms:** - ("minimum wage" OR "wage floor") AND (employment OR jobs) - ("minimum wage") AND ("difference-in-differences" OR "DiD") **Inclusion criteria:** - Peer-reviewed or NBER working papers - Focused on [specific outcome] - Uses causal identification strategy --- ## Seminal Papers ### Card and Krueger (1994) **Citation:** Card, D., & Krueger, A. B. (1994). Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *American Economic Review*, 84(4), 772-793. **Research Question:** What is the effect of minimum wage increases on employment? **Data & Method:** - DiD comparing NJ (treatment) to PA (control) - Survey of fast-food restaurants before/after NJ minimum wage increase **Key Findings:** - No negative employment effect found - Employment slightly increased in NJ relative to PA **Contribution:** Challenged conventional view; pioneered quasi-experimental methods in labor economics **Limitations:** - Single state, short time horizon - Potential survey response bias --- ### Cengiz et al. (2019) **Citation:** Cengiz, D., Dube, A., Lindner, A., & Zipperer, B. (2019). The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs. *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, 134(3), 1405-1454. **Research Question:** Do minimum wage increases destroy jobs or compress the wage distribution? **Data & Method:** - Bunching estimator using 138 minimum wage events - Examine employment distribution around minimum wage **Key Findings:** - Jobs below the new minimum wage disappear - But replaced by jobs just above the minimum - No significant overall employment loss **Contribution:** Novel bunching methodology; large-scale evidence --- ## Synthesis: What We Know | Finding | Evidence Quality | Consensus Level | |---------|-----------------|-----------------| | Small minimum wage increases have minimal employment effects | Strong (multiple RCTs/quasi-experiments) | High | | Effects may be heterogeneous by region | Medium | Growing | | Large increases (e.g., $15) less studied | Limited | Low | ## Research Gaps 1. **Mechanism:** How do firms absorb higher labor costs? (Prices, profits, productivity?) 2. **Long-run effects:** Most studies focus on 1-2 years 3. **Geographic heterogeneity:** Do effects differ in low vs. high cost-of-living areas? 4. **Spillovers:** Effects on workers earning above minimum wage ## Connection to Your Project Your study of [SPECIFIC QUESTION] can contribute by: - [How your work fills a gap] - [What new data/method you bring]

lit-review-assistant

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Literature Review Assistant

Purpose

When to Use

Instructions

Step 1: Define the Research Domain

Step 2: Structure the Search

Step 3: Organize and Synthesize

Step 4: Identify Patterns and Gaps

Example Output: Literature Summary Template

Paper Summary Template

Search Strategy Tips

Google Scholar Operators

Finding Seminal Papers

Building Citation Networks

Best Practices

Common Pitfalls

References

Changelog

v1.0.0